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=== Widespread Historical Acceptance of Biblical Account ===

=== Widespread Historical Acceptance of Biblical Account ===

For most of recorded history humans of many backgrounds, such as the first-century [[historian]] [[Flavius Josephus]]<ref name="FLuke2007">{{cite journal |title=Josephus says, ‘Genesis means what it says!’ |author=Frank Luke |journal=Creation |publisher=CMI |issue=29 |volume=3 |pages=15–17 |date=June 2007 |url=https://creation.com/josephus-says-genesis-means-what-it-says |quote=Josephus ... explicitly states that man had been around for only 3,000 years by the time of Moses. |accessdate=1 Oct 2017}}</ref>, St. Barnabas and St. Irenæus,<ref>Burnet, p. 259.</ref> viewed the age of the Earth to be around 6,000 years.<ref>Burnet, p. 258.</ref>

For most of recorded history humans of many backgrounds, such as the first-century [[historian]] [[Flavius Josephus]],<ref name="FLuke2007">{{cite journal |title=Josephus says, ‘Genesis means what it says!’ |author=Frank Luke |journal=Creation |publisher=CMI |issue=29 |volume=3 |pages=15–17 |date=June 2007 |url=https://creation.com/josephus-says-genesis-means-what-it-says |quote=Josephus ... explicitly states that man had been around for only 3,000 years by the time of Moses. |accessdate=1 Oct 2017}}</ref> St. Barnabas and St. Irenæus,<ref>Burnet, p. 259.</ref> viewed the age of the Earth to be around 6,000 years.<ref>Burnet, p. 258.</ref>

Saint [[Cyril]], who came into Great Moravia (present day [[Slovakia]] and Moravia in [[Czech Republic]]) from [[Byzantine Empire]] in 863 [[AD]] as [[Christian]] [[missionary]], wrote in his poem ''Proglas'',<ref>{{cite web

Saint [[Cyril]], who came into Great Moravia (present day [[Slovakia]] and Moravia in [[Czech Republic]]) from [[Byzantine Empire]] in 863 [[AD]] as [[Christian]] [[missionary]], wrote in his poem ''Proglas'',<ref>{{cite web